The New Orleans Police Department says they have arrested 33-year-old Terry Blanks in the homicide investigation that happened last Thursday on St. Ann Street.
“Shortly before 11:45 a.m. on May 5, NOPD First District officers conducting a wellness check at the location located an unresponsive male victim inside of an apartment suffering from an apparent gunshot wound,” said an NOPD report.
The victim was pronounced dead on the scene by EMS. On Monday, the Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office identified the victim in this homicide as 48-year-old Edward Moore.
Through the investigation, NOPD homicide detectives positively identified Blanks as the perpetrator in shooting. An arrest warrant was obtained for Blanks on one count of second-degree murder.
According to police, Blanks, who was previously incarcerated in relation to his arrest on an armed carjacking charge and an aggravated battery by shooting incident, both of which occurred on same day in the same block, was re-booked on May 9 on the second-degree murder charge.
Anyone with additional information on this homicide incident is asked to contact NOPD Homicide Det. Lucretia Gantner at 504-658-5300.
